Vietnam Airlines changes flights to Taiwan due to storm Nesat
Vietnam Airlines changes flights to Taiwan due to storm Nesat

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has rescheduled its flights between Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City and Taipei/Kaohsiung (Taiwan, China) on July 29 due to storm Nesat.

Vietnam Airlines changes flights to Taiwan due to storm Nesat
38,000 blood units collected in Red Journey 2017
38,000 blood units collected in Red Journey 2017

VOV.VN - 5,000 blood units were collected on July 29 in Hanoi, the final stop of this year’s Red Journey, an annual blood donation campaign.

38,000 blood units collected in Red Journey 2017
Is Vietnam ready for the next ransomware attack?
Is Vietnam ready for the next ransomware attack?

VOV.VN - Two-in-three managed services providers suffer from a shortage of qualified cybersecurity staff, according to a report by Russian computer security specialists Kaspersky Lab.

Is Vietnam ready for the next ransomware attack?
Dozens of irrigation systems operating ineffectively in north-central Vietnam
Dozens of irrigation systems operating ineffectively in north-central Vietnam

Multiple irrigation systems in the mountainous areas of north-central Thanh Hoa Province that cost multimillion dollars to build are either left disused or operating ineffectively.

Dozens of irrigation systems operating ineffectively in north-central Vietnam
Fire in HCM City District 7 destroys 3 shops
Fire in HCM City District 7 destroys 3 shops

VOV.VN - A mid-day fire Thursday, July 27, destroyed at least three businesses in District 7 of Ho Chi Minh City, reported the Zing Online Newspaper.

Fire in HCM City District 7 destroys 3 shops
Next hearing of Doan Thi Huong set on October 2
Next hearing of Doan Thi Huong set on October 2

The Shah Alam High Court of Malaysia announced on July 28 that the trial of Vietnamese citizen Doan Thi Huong and Indonesian citizen Siti Aisyah, the suspects in the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea citizen Kim Chol, will last for 23 days, till the end of this November.

Next hearing of Doan Thi Huong set on October 2
Out of control Long My Industrial Park truck kills 2
Out of control Long My Industrial Park truck kills 2

VOV.VN - A motorbike driver and his passenger died Thursday, July 27, when they were hit about 2:30pm by an out of control truck driver for the Long My Industrial Park in the southern province of Binh Dinh.

Out of control Long My Industrial Park truck kills 2
Hundreds gather for first ever mass nuptials in Hue
Hundreds gather for first ever mass nuptials in Hue

VOV.VN - Twenty-two brides in elaborate traditional red ao dai wedding gowns joined grooms in extravagant gold cloaks with black pants today, July 28, for the first ever mass wedding in the imperial city of Hue.

Hundreds gather for first ever mass nuptials in Hue
Warrior spirit: Story of a man who had his legs slowly hacked off during Vietnam War
Warrior spirit: Story of a man who had his legs slowly hacked off during Vietnam War

He was captured working as a spy during the war, but refused to give in to excruciating torture.

Warrior spirit: Story of a man who had his legs slowly hacked off during Vietnam War
Vietnamese firms embrace telework trend
Vietnamese firms embrace telework trend

As Japan launched a campaign encouraging companies to allow their employees to work from home, some Vietnamese enterprises reveal that they already apply a similar policy, believing that the quality of work is more important than the workplace.

Vietnamese firms embrace telework trend
Company fined US$44,000 for breaking environmental laws
Company fined US$44,000 for breaking environmental laws

Nghe Tinh Metal Color Joint Stock Company will have to pay a fine of VND1 billion (US$44,000) for a dam collapse incident in March and violation of environmental laws.

Company fined US$44,000 for breaking environmental laws
PM issues notice to prompt drastic measures against dengue
PM issues notice to prompt drastic measures against dengue

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered local authorities to raise awareness of the dengue fever outbreak and urge citizens to destroy mosquitoes and larva.

PM issues notice to prompt drastic measures against dengue
Upgraded Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument inaugurated
Upgraded Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument inaugurated

A Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was inaugurated in Battambang province of Cambodia on July 27 after a period of upgrade.

Upgraded Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument inaugurated
Second-home warms war invalids’ heart
Second-home warms war invalids’ heart

Long Dat care centre for war invalids in Long Hai district, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is considered as the second-home of war invalids nationwide.

Second-home warms war invalids’ heart
Moc Chau police arrest two for meth trafficking
Moc Chau police arrest two for meth trafficking

Police of Moc Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Son La arrested two people for allegedly transporting 6,000 methamphetamine pills on July 27.

Moc Chau police arrest two for meth trafficking
Experts warn of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes in Vietnam
Experts warn of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes in Vietnam

As Vietnam continues to report rising numbers of dengue fever infections, experts warn that virus-carrying mosquitoes in the country may have developed a resistance to insecticides.

Experts warn of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes in Vietnam
Bus assistant fired for insulting foreign tourists
Bus assistant fired for insulting foreign tourists

A bus assistant in the coastal city of Nha Trang was fired for displaying an improper attitude towards two female Russian tourists after clips recording the incident went viral on Facebook.

Bus assistant fired for insulting foreign tourists
Vietnamese navy tries to make amends for illegal mining near Ha Long Bay
Vietnamese navy tries to make amends for illegal mining near Ha Long Bay

A Vietnamese navy unit that was caught illegally mining near the world renowned Ha Long Bay in June has been trying to make amends by planting trees in an effort to “bring nature back to its status quo” in Quang Ninh Province.

Vietnamese navy tries to make amends for illegal mining near Ha Long Bay
High school students need more driving skills
High school students need more driving skills

High school students are involved in 90% of child-related traffic accidents in Hanoi, both as drivers of motorbikes and bicycles, and victims.

High school students need more driving skills
Halt proposed to projects linked to forest land use change in Phu Yen
Halt proposed to projects linked to forest land use change in Phu Yen

The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNForest) has proposed a halt to two projects developing commercial activities in natural forest and forestry land in the central province of Phu Yen.

Halt proposed to projects linked to forest land use change in Phu Yen
War martyrs’ memorials inaugurated in Kon Tum
War martyrs’ memorials inaugurated in Kon Tum

A ceremony was held to inaugurate a Truong Son Martyrs Memorial Site in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on July 27.

War martyrs’ memorials inaugurated in Kon Tum
Traffic accidents drop in seven months of 2017
Traffic accidents drop in seven months of 2017

The number of traffic accidents, deaths and injured people went down in both July and the first seven months of 2017, according to statistics provided by the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

Traffic accidents drop in seven months of 2017
Paying gratitude to national contributors
Paying gratitude to national contributors

VOV.VN - Localities nationwide have launched a broad range of activities to pay gratitude to people who engaged in and sacrificed their lives for national independence. 

Paying gratitude to national contributors
64 women in HCM City awarded with “Heroic Mother” title
64 women in HCM City awarded with “Heroic Mother” title

As many as 64 women whose husband and children laid down their lives in the struggle for national liberation and protection in Ho Chi Minh City were honoured with the “Vietnamese Heroic Mother” title on July 27.

64 women in HCM City awarded with “Heroic Mother” title
Red Journey annual blood drive a tremendous success
Red Journey annual blood drive a tremendous success

VOV.VN - Red Journey wants to thank everyone who visited one of the blood collection centres this year to take part in our annual summer blood drive, said Nguyen Anh Tri, director of the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion.

Red Journey annual blood drive a tremendous success
China confirms 7 Vietnamese among landslide deaths
China confirms 7 Vietnamese among landslide deaths

VOV.VN - Officials of the northern province of Ha Giang said today, July 27, that seven of the people killed in the torrential rain that recently struck southern China that spawned flooding and mudslides have been positively confirmed as Vietnamese.

China confirms 7 Vietnamese among landslide deaths
Forum promotes smart agriculture in response to climate change
Forum promotes smart agriculture in response to climate change

 Smart agricultural models adaptive to climate change are being introduced at a conference held in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 26-28.

Forum promotes smart agriculture in response to climate change
Vietnamese, Lao provinces cooperate in border management
Vietnamese, Lao provinces cooperate in border management

Officials from Vietnam’s central Thua Thien–Hue province of and Sekong province of Laos held an annual meeting on the border work in Hue city on July 26 and signed the minutes on border management. 

Vietnamese, Lao provinces cooperate in border management
2 police officers die in crash with semi on Highway 1A
2 police officers die in crash with semi on Highway 1A

VOV.VN - Two police officers in Binh Thuan Province died Thursday, July 27, from injuries sustained in a collision after the transport vehicle they were riding in was struck from behind by an out of control tractor-trailer.

2 police officers die in crash with semi on Highway 1A
Remains of 106 soldiers repatriated from Cambodia
Remains of 106 soldiers repatriated from Cambodia

VOV.VN - The remains of 106 soldiers killed in Cambodia during the past war with the US have been returned to Vietnam and interred at a national cemetery in the southern Vietnam Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.  

Remains of 106 soldiers repatriated from Cambodia